Buildings and campus collection
Collection
Identifier: RG-01-E
About the collection
This collection consists of materials documenting the development of the Connecticut College campus, including architectural plans, correspondence, financial information, fundraising, grant applications, building specifications, planning records, and press coverage. Of particular note is a series of correspondence between early College administrators, trustees, and architects regarding the planning and opening of the College (see Series I: Campus planning).
This collection is an artificial collection. Some material were collected by Gertrude Noyes in preparation for her manuscript, A History of Connecticut College (1982). Additional material were collected by various College departments over several decades. Significant correspondence was generated by various college presidents and was collected and arranged in this collection.
This collection is an artificial collection. Some material were collected by Gertrude Noyes in preparation for her manuscript, A History of Connecticut College (1982). Additional material were collected by various College departments over several decades. Significant correspondence was generated by various college presidents and was collected and arranged in this collection.
Dates
- 1915 - 2015
Creator
- Connecticut College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Please see Archivist for access to the inventories for Series III. Archotectual drawings.
Extent
7.5 Linear Feet (18 letter document boxes and oversized architectural drawings)
Overview
An artificial collection of material documenting the development of the Connecticut College campus, including architectural plans, building specifications, correspondence, fundraising material, and planning records.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into three series: Series I: Campus planning, 1911-2000; Series II: Building Files, 1913-2015; and Series III: Architectual drawings. Series I is arranged chronologically. Series II has additional subseries aranged alphabetically by building name and then chronologically.
Creator
- Connecticut College (Organization)
- Connecticut College for Women (Organization)
- Noyes, Gertrude E. (Gertrude Elizabeth), 1905- (Person)
- Ames, Oakes, 1931- (Person)
- Blunt, Katharine, 1876-1954 (Person)
- Gaudiani, Claire (Person)
- Marshall, Benjamin Tinkham, 1872- (Person)
- Park, Rosemary (Person)
- Shain, Charles E. (Person)
- Plant, Morton F., 1852-1918 (Person)
- Sykes, Frederick Henry, 1863-1917 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Buildings and Campus Collection, 1911-2015
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- processed by Rebecca Parmer; revised and migrated into ArchiveSpace in 2019 by Christian Salguero.
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository